City of Los Angeles 230th Birthday Celebration Saturday . . .

Los Pobladores 200 is ready for the 9 mile walk from Mission San Gabriel to what is now Olvera Street, but pay close attention to the website since dates are crossing over.

The headline has Saturday, Sept. 3 as the date for the annual trek, but the calendar also has it on Sept. 4, the same day as an Annual Pioneer Mass in San Gabriel's Historic Mission. Los Pobladores' website doesn't have contact information.

DowntownLA.com has the date for the annual march as Saturday, Sept. 3.

What is certain is that on September 4, 1781, a priest blessed 11 families and 4 soldiers as they began the 9 mile walk from Mission San Gabriel to what is now Olvera Street. That marks the founding of the City of Los Angeles.

The walk has been reenacted since September 1981, first led by the descendants of the city founders.

The march will make a final leg across the street to El Pueblo for ceremony and cake.